Home for Christmas | ||||
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Released | November 26, 2008 | |||
Recorded | June 2008 | |||
Studio | Odditorium Studio (Mendocino, CA) Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
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Length | 45:35 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Bill Bottrell | |||
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Singles from Home for Christmas | ||||
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Home for Christmas is a Christmas album and the seventh studio album by American singer Sheryl Crow, first released in 2008 exclusively at Hallmark stores. The album was re-released in 2010 exclusively at Target stores with new artwork.[ citation needed ] In 2011, it finally received a major release worldwide, on CD and as a digital download.[ citation needed ] As of December 2011, it has sold 40,000 copies in the US.[ citation needed ]
Crow previously recorded "Blue Christmas" in 1997 as part of the A Very Special Christmas 3 collection, in a completely different arrangement.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Traditional | 3:06 |
2. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells | 3:22 |
3. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:30 |
4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:41 |
5. | "Merry Christmas Baby" | Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore | 3:15 |
6. | "The Bells of St. Mary's" | Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber | 4:33 |
7. | "Blue Christmas" | Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson | 3:24 |
8. | "O Holy Night" | Traditional | 3:39 |
9. | "There Is a Star That Shines Tonight" | Sheryl Crow | 3:58 |
10. | "Hello My Friend, Hello" (2008 and 2011 editions only) | Bill Botrell | 3:40 |
11. | "All Through the Night" | Traditional | 5:13 |
12. | "Long Road Home" (2011 edition only) | Crow, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley | 4:14 |
Note: "O Holy Night" features a minute-long intro of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear".
Chart (2010) | Peak position | |
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US Billboard 200 [1] | 164 | |
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [2] | 4 |
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US AC | |||
2009 | "There Is a Star That Shines Tonight" | — | |
"The Christmas Song" | 24 |
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